SCOTT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

(AUTONOMOUS)

Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamilnadu, India

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

M.Phil. ENGLISH
CURRICULUM, SYLLABUS
AND
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
(For those who join the courses from
the academic year 2014 onwards)

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CONTENT

1. Vision & Mission

2. Members of The English Board Of Studies
3. Department of English And Centre For Research
4. Curriculum, Table
5. Research Methodology, Rhetoric
& Literary Criticism - 4ME11
6. Contemporary Literature In English - 4ME12
7. Commonwealth Literature- 4ME21
8. Dissertation- 4ME22

Department of English

VISION
The vision of the Department is to help the students become
worthy scholars endowed with linguistic skills, creative and critical
talents in literature and the ability to face challenges in life.

MISSION
The Department aims at providing the students opportunities
and facilities to learn English language and get trained in the reading,
understanding and appreciation of literature in English and develop a
wholesome personality.

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MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH

BOARD OF STUDIES
1.

Dr. R. Jeya Sundararaj

- University representative
Associate Professor
Department of English,
St Johns College, Palayamkottai

2.

Dr. Suja Kurup

Associate Professor
institute of English,
Kerala University

3.

Dr. S. Chandra Lekha

- illustrious Alumnus
Principal
Sree Ayyappa College for Women
Chunkankadai

4.

Mrs. N.B. Latha

Faculty members
1. Dr. J.G.Duresh
2. Dr. J.Renuka Rethnavathy
3. Dr. A.Linda Primlyn
4. Dr. L. Judith Sophia
5. Dr. Sidney Shirly
6. Ms. A.Belinda Asir
7. Ms. J.Chitta
8. Dr. Susan Roy
9. Dr.A.Nisha
10. Dr. A.Evangeline Jemi
11. Mr. Stephen Foster Davis
12. Mr. V. Brinsley
13. Ms. Mercy Gnana Soundari
14. Ms. J. Elizabeth Christina
15. Mr. D. Samuel Johnson
16. Ms. Sheni D.L.Singh
17. Ms. G. Anish S. Georshia
18. Ms. S. Jemi Violet
19. Ms. T.Staney Sherin
20. Ms. Evelin D.R Melchija

Department of English

- Subject expert

- Industrialist

- Head of the Department.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH
History of the Department
The Department of English, Scott Christian College (Autonomous)
boasts of a glorious tradition beginning from the establishment of the
college in 1893. The contribution made by the native speakers and
the great Indian Teachers of English provided a sound footing which
enabled the department to carve a niche as one of the best departments
in Tamilnadu. Some of the faculty members of this department have
excelled as creative writes, scholarly critics and highly talented
teachers who have made an impact in the minds of youngsters and
are still remembered for their manifold talents. The UG and PG English
courses were introduced in 1971 and the Department was elevated as
a research centre in 2001. The Department has all the facilities to
fulfill the needs of the new generation learners of English language
and literature. The legacy left behind by the teachers of the past is
still carried on and the Department marches ahead with the original
mission of the founding fathers of the College.
Courses Offered
B.A. English Literature
M.A. English Literature
M. Phil. (Full-time and Part-time)
Ph. D. (Full-time and Part-time)
Library
The Department library has an area of 1600 square feet. It has a
total of 5176 books and subscribes to 12 journals. The library is open to
bona fide scholars from other colleges. Most popular and literary journals
available in the college general library are not included in the list.
Video Library
The Department boasts of a collection of video cassettes of literary
classics and CDs covering a wide range of interests. The multipurpose
library hall also serves as the audio visual hall.
Curriculum and Syllabus
The UG, PG and M. Phil syllabi have been prepared keeping in
mind the requirements of national / state level of eligibility tests /
competitive exams.
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Remedial work
Slow learners and under performers are identified on the basis of
CIA marks and given special coaching by teachers handling the
particular subjects.
Student Welfare
Other effective contribution in the area of student welfare is student
counseling and class teacher system. Every teacher is a dedicated
counselor and the class teacher system brings all the students of the
Department under the direct care of one or other of the faculty
members.
Department Publications
1. Scott Light a biannual publication of the Department in print
- ISSNO975-0819
This journal can be traced to the Scott Light published by
Prof. Sebastian of the Department of English, Scott Christian
College, in 1996 and the Journal of English Studies edited by
Prof. A.J. Franklin and Prof. K.B. Sitaramaya in 1978.
2.

SJES an online journal awaiting ISSN

3.

Part II English Texts

4.

Study Materials

Regular Programmes of the Department

1. SCOTSEM A Regional Level Seminar for UG students.
2. SCOTNIVAL Literary Carnival
3. UG and PG Association Meeting
4. Seminars sponsored by UGC / other funding agencies
5. Career Guidance for outgoing students.
6. Scott Literary Society (SLS) - A confluence of literati to discuss
the recent trends in literature and to listen to authors and
critics.
7. Bridge Course an English speaking course for the first U.G
students
8. Scott Readers Guild a forum for readers to discuss recent
books
9. Frequent guest lectures on general topics and syllabi related
10. Literary Competitions and debates
11. James R. Daniel Endowment lecture
Department of English

MA - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

CURRICULUM, SYLLABUS AND
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
I Semester

Total Papers: 2

Sub.
Seme- Paper
Core
Code
ster
I
I
I

I
II
III

I
II
-

II Semester

4ME11

4ME12
4ME22

Title of Paper

Spl.-III
IV
V

4ME21
4ME22
4MG22

Marks
Teaching
Crs
Max
Hours
6

100

6
18

8
8

100
100

Total

30

24

Total Papers: 1

Project: 1

Research Methodology,
Rhetoric & Literary Criticism
Contemporary Literature in
English
Disscrtation

Sub.
Seme- Paper
Core
Code
ster
II
II
II

Core: 2

Core: Title of Paper

Project: 1
Marks
Teaching
Crs
Max
Hours

Commonwealth Literature
Dissertation
Pedagogy

6
24

8 100
10 100

Total

30

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SEMESTER I
Paper I
Hours: 8

Credits: 7
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, RHETORIC &
LITERARY CRITICISM - 4ME11

Unit I Research Methodology

Preliminary operations:

a) Generating a Topic;
b) Use of Library;
c) Formulating a Topic Statement
d) Plagiarism.

Gathering Materials:

Working Bibliography Cards

(Information Cards)

Organisation:

a) Outlining; b) Different Drafts;

c) Importance of Format;
d) Summarising, Interpretation,
Analysis & Evaluation

Documentation:

a) Footnotes; b)Bibliography

Mechanics of Writing:

a) Order, logic, mode;

b) Language & Style;
c) Revision, Readability,
Effectiveness

Unit II Rhetoric
Essential Parts of
Discourse:

a) Introduction;
b) Body of Discussion;
c) Conclusion

Organisation and Principles of Organisation:

a) Unity; b) Coherence;
c) Emphasis

Arrangement of Material: a) Exordium or Introduction;

b) Narratio or Statement of Facts
c) Conformatio or Opposing Views;
d)Peroratio or Conclusion.
Unit III Literary Criticism
M.H. Abrams
Department of English

- Orientation of Critical Theories

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Lionel Trilling
Northrop Frye

- Freud and Literature

- The Archetypes of Literature

Unit IV Literary Criticism

Edmund Wilson
Gerard Genette
Stanley Fish

- Marxism and Literature

- Structuralism and Literary Criticism
- Is There a Text in the Class?

Unit V Literary Criticism

Jacques Derrida
Elaine Showalter

- Structure, Sign and Play in the

Discourse of Human Sciences
- Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness

Reference
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2.
3.
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7.
8.
9.

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Anderson, Jonathan, et al. Thesis and Assignment Writing. New

Delhi: Wiley Eastern, 1977.
Berry, Ralph. How to Write a Research Paper. Oxford: Pergamon
P, 1978.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
7th ed. New Delhi: EPW, 2004.
Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for Modern Students. New
York: Oxford UP, 1971.
Guerin, Wilfred L., et al. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to
Literature. New York: Harper, 1980.
Handy, William J., and Max Westbrook. Eds. Twentieth Century
Criticism. New Delhi: Light, 1974.
Lodge, David. Ed. 20th Century Literary Criticism: A Reader.
London: Longman, 1985.
Rice, Philip, and Patricia Wagh. Modern Literary Theory. New
York: Oxford UP, 2001.
Wellek, Rene, and Austin Warren. Theory of Literature. New York:
Penguin, 1949.

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SEMESTER I
Paper II
Hours: 8

Credits: 7

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE IN ENGLISH - 4ME12

Unit I Poetry
Rita Jove
Ruth L.Schwartz
Luisa Villani
Kofi Anyidoho
Kwesi Brew
Frank Kiobina Parkes

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Wingfoot Lake
Edgewater Park,Bodies at Work
The Panacea
My Song
The Slums of Nima
African Heaven

Unit II Short Stories

Hisham Matar
Robert J Sawyer
Kevin Barry
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Beatrice Lamwake
John Updike
Junot Diaz
Chimamanda Ngozi

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:
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Naima
The Shoulders of Giants
Ox Mountain Death Song
The Miraculous Deliverance of Oga Jona
Butterfly Dreams
My Fathers Tears
Miss Lora
The Arrangers of Marriage

Unit III Plays

Stephen Lowe
- Glamour
Mahesh Elkunchwar - The Pond, Old Stone Mansion and
Apocalypse- Trilogy
Unit IV Novel
Barbara Samuel
Ian McEwan
Anita Rau Badami

- The True Story of Mattie Groves

- On Chisel Beach
- Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?

Unit V Novel
Marita Golden
- A Womans Place.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Of Love and Other Demons
Peter Carey
- True History of the Kelly Gang

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SEMESTER II
Paper III
Hours: 8

Credits: 7
COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE- 4ME21

Unit I Poetry
Anne Ranasinghe
Derek Walcott
Shaw Neilson

: At What Dark Point, Landscapes,

On the Beach
: Ruins of a Great House, A Sea
Chantey A Far Cry From Africa
: To a Blue Flower, Surely God was
a Lover, Stoney Town

Unit II Drama
Julie Janson
Mahesh Dattani
Wole Soyinka

- Black Mary
- Thirty Days in September
- Death of the Kings Horseman

Unit III Fiction

Coetzee
Monica Ali
Rohinton Mistry

- Age of Iron
- Brick Lane
- A Fine Balance

Unit IV Fiction
Shawa Singh Baldwin - Tigers Claw.
Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie
- Purple Hibiscus.
Patrick White
- Tree of Man
Unit V Non-Fiction
Chinua Achebe

Arunthdadhi Roy

Lee Marcle

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- The Novelist as a Teacher, The Writer

and His Community,
Colonial Criticism, Thoughts on the
African Novel
- Walking with Comrades,
End of Imagination, This is not a War
on Terrorism but a Racist War
- I am a Woman

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References:
1.

Narasimhaiah, C.D. An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry.

Chennai: Macmillan, 1990.
2. Smith, A.J.M. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. Toronto: OUP,
1985.
3. Moss, John, A. A Readers Guide to the Canadian Novel. Toronto:
McClelland, 1989.
4. Wasserman, Jerry, ed. Canadian Drama. Vancouver: Talon, 1986.
5. Fitzgerald, Maureen., et al. ed. Canadian Feminism Today.
Canada: Womens, 1982.
6. Marlowe, Mary Elizabeth. The Handbook for the Emerging
Women. U.S.A: Donning, 1988.
7. Sullivan, Mary. Contemporary Novelist. New York: James, 1972.
8. Benson, Eugene and L.W. Connolly. eds. The Oxford Companion
to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1989.
9. Bessai, Diane. The Canadian Dramatists. Vols 1&2. Ed.
Christopher Innes. Toronto: Simon, 1992.
10. Sherin, Kudchedkar, and Jameela Begum. eds. Canadian Voices.
Delhi: Pencroft, 1996.

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SEMESTER II
Paper IV

Credits: 16
DISSERTATION- 4ME22

Dissertation is an integral part of research training. At the M.Phil

level originality is required in the designing and writing of a dissertation.
Scholars should demonstrate an understanding of the topic, knowledge
of what has been written in the field and an ability to present an
argument. They should record their original findings and present their
work in accordance with the standards / conventions outlined in the
latest edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
The recommended font is Times New Roman and the font size
12. The required length of the dissertation is from 80 to 100 pages,
typed in double space throughout.

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SEMESTER - II
Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning (1MG22)
Teaching hrs/week: 6

Credit: 5

Unit I
Definition of Psychology and its importance Relevance
of Educational Psychology to teachers.
Learning Meaning, nature and factors influencing learning.
Individual differences Areas of Individual of Individual differences.
Memory and forgetting definitions ways to improve
memory.
Motivation meaning how to motivate students in class in a
class room situation.
Educational provisions provided to the gifted children.
Unit II
Creativity meaning ways to foster creativity among students.
Class room Management Leadership Traits.
Unit III
Evaluation Functions of evaluation Types Formative and
summative evaluation.
Qualities of a good test Types of test items.
Unit IV
Guidance Meaning Need for guidance Types Principles
Guidance at college level Role of a teacher in a Class room.
Unit V
Counselling Meaning Types Role of a teacher as a
counselor. Importance of Guidance and counseling in teaching.
References:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Essentials of Educational Psychology J.C. Aggarwal.

Advanced Educational Psychology S.K. Mangal
Guidance and counseling R.A. Sharma
School Management of Pedagogies of Education R.A.
Sharma
5. Methodology of Teaching.

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